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ASKING a PARDON FoR FISH

A APetition on the Grounds of Old Age, III
Healtl, and Innocence Of Evil Intent.
NEw YoRK, Jan. 24.-Tho friends Of
Jsmes D. Fish, once President Of the
wrecked Marine Bank, have drawn up a
petition to President Cleveland for the
convicLs release on the grounds of old
age, i'll health and innocence Of evil intent.
The petition for the pardon recites the
fact that the signers believe ,bIr. Fish to
be innocent Of any criminal intent in the
matter for which he has been convicted.
In their Judgment he was deceived BY
Ferdinand Ward, and had no intention Of
defrauding the Marine Bank in making
the loans for which he is now undergoing
imprisonment. He has already suffered
sufficient punis shment for errors which
they claim did not emanate from q crimi-
nal mind, and this, together with his ad.
uanced ago and the loss ,of position and
financial ruin, they think ought to be a
sufficient justification for his release from
Auburn Prison. :" i:rts't.'''p4 y 4.
The signers to; the.petition, about 500
in all include many Of the best known
names in the commercial and financial
circles Of New York, II .:.& 4ia :!
Ex-Governor Alonzo B. Cornell also
wrote to the President last June letter
in which he said that he declined to join
in the petition for the pardon, but thntihe
was much impressed with the injustice
Of Fish g conviction. II am quite con-
vinced," be continuea, "that Mr.. Fish
was tho victim Of Wards rascality rather
than voluntary participant in it, and that
he was not guilty Of the charge upon
which he was tried" Il
Ferdinand Ward, in Sing Sing, as q
matter Of course objects to have Fish
whitewashed at his exrsnse, and he has
expressed his intention ;of appealing to
the President for hearing, before the
pardon is granted. {,I at IN SzI 81
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1N5H1D@E UOILEIt HATLUSYUN n
Near Pisssbargt-Two Mon Killed, Twelve
Injured and tho Mill Wrecked.

| Injured and tho Mill Wrecked.
PlrrsnuRan, Pa, Jan. GA battery d
four steel boilers at Spang, Chalisnt and
Company's steel and iron works at Etnu
borough, SIX miles east Of Allegheny City,
exploded with terrific force at fiye o'clock
this morning, completely wsecklng the
bar department, killing one man instantly
and seriously injuring number Of others.
The conclusion was 80 great that it shook
houses for miles around, shatterlng win.
dows in the vicinity Of the mill and
awakening the residents OF tue borough
who rushed In terror from their houses
scantily clad to learn tho cause. II wss
ascertained that four boilers Of a battery
Of six had burst, spreading death and dis.
aster in their wake.
For some time after the explosion 1t was
impossible to tell what damage had been
done, the shower Of dust, brick and NOR.
tar completely shutting tho mill from view.
When the dust had settled It was found
that fireman George Patterson had been
instantly killed. His body was mangled
almost beyond recognition. William Cor.
vile, an employe who was given work
four days ago, was picked up under the
boilers In q dying condition, He wss
ecalded with steam and will not recover.
He came here from Bethlehem, Pa, last
week. Barkley Kuocton, a puddler. was
hit on the head with flying bricks and
painfully injured. M. Mullholland. a
helper, had one leg hurt and was other.
wise elightly injured. Several others re.
ceived slight burns and bruises but were
not seriously hurt. m T'
Ths ruin wrought In the mill BY the ex-
plosion was complete. The building was
laid low and the machinery broken and
scattered In all directions. The force OF
the explosion must have been terrific as
large piecesot boiler iron were found hund.
reds Of yards from the scene OF the disas
ter. One piece weighing at least 1000
pounds cut Its way through the entire
mill and fell on the public road fully one
hundred yards distance. Tho damage 10
the mill will exceed $4,000. The cause Of
the explosion Is not yet known but IN in.
vessigation Is now In progrees. Forum.
ately there were very few men at work at
the time, or the loes Of the dead and in
jured would have been greater. The mill
was one Of the largest in the city and was
the first one to use natural gas. g ID
William Corville who was 80 terribly
scalded died about II o'clock this morning.
Twelve persons were more or less injured
by the steam or flying debris, but none OF
the others will die. Engineer Miller says
that he tried the gnages 10 minutes before
the boiler burst and that there was plenty
Of water. The battery had been in uss
two years and at the last inspection was
pronounced in good condition. A piece
Of one Of the boilers weighing 2 500 pounds
was found 800 yards from the scene Of the
explosion. In It's flight 1t cut through the
trunk Of tree two feet in diameter, leav-
ing nothing but the stump standing. The
mill will be rebuilt at once.
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me as they like, but they cannot buy me
neither can they force me to vote at all
times in the interest Of corporations and
array myself on the side Of the would-be
aristocracy."
BIG SCHEME
OF Cignrmakers for n Co.opera!ive Factory
In New York.


OF Cignrmakers for Co.opera!iye Factory
In New York.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.--It is stated to-day
that Chicago is soon to lose some OF her
best cigarmakers, and the two branches Of
the International Oigarmakers Union some
Of their best leaders. When they leave
they will 90 into cooperative factory in
New York City, which is expected to start
up May l, and which is to be sort Of
training school for. great cooperative
scheme. Six years ago cooperation was
under consideration by the central body
of the Union, and i plan was finally
adopted. To raise capital each member OF
the Union has been paying into the gen.
eral treasury five ce nts per month as bis
share Of the cooperative dues. By May l
this sum will have reached $67, 900 which
they consider sufficient to start the enter
prise. OF this $50 600 is to be used this
year to buy large factory and to buy raw
mateairl. They expect to buy the en-
tire plantation crop, just as wholesalers
now do. g7f.-4Il N1r5s'
To run the factory fifty Of the best men
in the country are to be selected, and their
support and e1tr4 capital to be used in the
CAGE Of emergency will be the remaining
$4,000 Of the s67, 900. The idea OF the
leaders in the movement, in case it proves
auccessiul, ia, after certain time, to take
competent men and open up co-opera-
tive factory in Chicago. This extension
Of their factories will be repeated as often
as justified by the progress made. One Of
the members OF the Union, who is con-
versant with che plan, said they believed
that in ten years tho Union would have
two-thirds Of the trade Of the United
States, and that in twenty years the Union
cooperative shops would employ every
cigarmaker in the United States, and pro-
vide all the cigars used, and perhaps ex.
port Bome, Ea 'an
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VIENNA, Jan. 24.-It is estimated that
the Landsturm would supply million ad-
ditional men to the army. The regulation
appended to the decree relative to the
Landsturm directs that II the men arc
summoned before uniforms are received
they must wear insignia consisting OF yel.
low and black arm bands and bearing the
number Of the regiment to which they be-
long. It 10 further ordered that each man
must provide himself with metal case in
which to keep papers by which he may be
identified. Men wearing their own
clothes shall be allowed ten kreuzers daily.
The instructions to the Landsturm are re-
garded as indications Of an early campaign,
and cauaes disquiet. 9
An n'order prohibiting the expectation Of
horses is daily expected.
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FLOODS AT BUFFALO,,
pisaster to Shipping md Properity-Ie
.vnpp nj TO1nIx, II

oAbAs1oF 10 shlppinS nnd properity-1ce.
jam Mt Toledo. M
BUFFALO, N. Y. Jan. 24.-The sudden
thaw and recent rains have Inundated por-
tions Of the Thirteenth ward and caused
disaster to shipping lying in the river.
About midnight thu barge Annie voight
was torn loose from her moorinRa at the
Union shipyard in the creek, by The rush
Of drifting ice.floes, and carried down
sgainss the propeller Fountain City, tear
ing her loose, and then drifting against
the propeller Idaho, lying below, crush.
ing in the latter's ATRIAL and Swapping
her ruddar,atock. The three vessels were
then swept against the. swing-bridge,
across the river, where they now lie the
Idaho with her stern half way Though the
approach to the bridge, which approach is
a complied wreck, and the others against
the draw. -
The Annie Voight is most damaged, the
Fountain City showing but little effect Of
the accident. The amount Of damage can
not be definitely ascertained. The water
ls over the railroad crossings IN the lower
wards OF the city: Canalboats are break
ing loose lat Erie street bridge, and the
prospect is good for the ice to entirely
leave tho harbor. High water lin the
Thirteenth ward cut of the flow Of natural
gas, and all fires fed BY it went!out.
The ice is only eight inches thick, other
wise it would have been a'clean sweep Of
everything in the river. The situation !is
threatening. Nine-tenths Of the Thir-
teenth ward is2under water. Between
three and four thousand acres Of land in
the ward is submerged, cellars flooded
and fences swept away. Several families
had narrow escapes. !, i i
One house, with the inmates only es-
capped destruction by the intervention of
a number Of trees which caught and held
the ico. The Erie tracks at the transfer
iIe,ght house are under water, being
higher than during the great flood three
years ago. The Atlas Refining yard lis
under water. Z, .t!Iyz ~ 0gF /.
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! IN D1GNANTiARAIY OFFICERS.
General Bragg's Proposed Reduction OF Pa,
Of Those on tho Retired List. f-..4

sWAsulSGToN, D. O., Jan. 24.-Army
officers here who have been watching the
military legislation OF Congress closely are
talking very indignant about an effort Of
General Bragg, Of the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, to reduce the pay Of retired
officers. The legislation is in the folm Of
an amendment to a bill on another subject
just reported by the committee, and ap-
pears to be something like the provision
that conference committee in 1882 struck,
but of. a similar measure. : It provides
that the pay Of officers upon the retired
list sball be rs per centum OF the full psy
the officers was entitled to receive; and no
more.h JicH gg1t ,6-s E55p.i.tz ig'i.3sf I
Following 10 section which, as usual,
repeal3 all inconsistent acts, ETC., which
the General says will prevent it from re-.
ducing the pay. at present given to the
officers on the retired list by any previous
bill or legislation. -.
This section, however, is regarded by
the officers as an aggravation OF the injury,
because they believe 1t meaningleas and
only deception which would be exposed
at the frat payday after the amendment
goes into effect. The operation OF the
amendment would cut off their longevity
pay and in great many cases make q
further reduction by changing the basis Of
rank on which the original payment was
based. .Et II tI9..ii. z Et}i,3 I-.ir EtnEi7
It's effects would be serioualy felt by
most Of the prominent officers now on the
retired list. General sickles. for instance,
who was retired as Major General with
his pay computed on that rank, would be
reduced to his proportion Of the pay Of a
Colonel, which rank he actually held at
the time 1t became necessary for him to
ask Tor retirement. General W. T. Bher-
mans pay, which is based on salary and
allowances amounting to about SIS, 600,
would be reduced fully one.quarter. Gen
eral Rodenbsugh, Of Philadelphia, would
be ecaled down from a Brigadier General
to o Major, and Major General Ricketts, to
the pay Of a Msjor. TEiiRIlfE
y General Bragg's persistence after his
original; amendment had been defeated
brings out the severest comments. He
has been kept busy trying TO make ex-
plantations, and will make hard fight to
force the measure through. 4. NJ
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TIE LEGISLATURE.

Saturdays Proceedings OF Both Houses.
S,sR, Important a1enSurcs Introduced.
Special Correspondence Of The In.elli0sncer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 23-Oa Sal
urday in the Senate Mr.. McOroory, from
the Finance Committee, reported advor-
sely. on the bill to require assessors to
ascertain at some fixed period in each
year, the amount Of money in the State.-
I Mr.. .somerville presented Senate bill
lOl, to amend the charter Of the town Of
Wellsburg. The reference Of the bill was
dispensed with.
Mr.. Switzer introduced Senate bill 1O2,
to relieve certain corporations Of tho for.
feiture Of their charters; and 103, to amend
the general corporation laws. -- -
Mr.. Scott presented Senate billlO4, pro.
viding for obtaining and publishing 70.
ports Of banks, saving institutions and
trust companies organized under the laws
OF this State. s,sgS i 8 55
A largo number Of petitions were pre-.
sented asking the submission Of the pro-
hibitory amendment. -.
Mr.. Dawson gave notice that he would
on Monday move an amendment to the
rules requiring all resolutions to lie over
ono day after being presented. " Al
Senate Bill No. 20, to amend the charter
Of the Odd Fellows Hall Association Of
the city Of Wheeling, by amending and
re.enacting the ninth section Of an act Of
the General Assembly OF Virginia, enti.
tied IAN act to incorporate the Odd Fell
lows Hall Association Of the city Of Wheel.
ing" passed February 81. 1856, as amend.
ed by an act Of said General Assembly,
passed March 10, 1858, and by legalizing
and validating the action Of the said Aeso-
citation in increasing the par value Of the
stock in said Association, was passed. Is
Senate Bill No. So came up and q good
part of"the session was spent in It's con.
aideration on a second reading AS this
bill bids fair to consume much, time, and
as it Is regarded with general interest, be.
ing what is known rs the Scientific Tenn
perance Instruction bill, it is appended in
full: q n .si,s. sis.;}si }.s.is'' .3'555ll
Be i Enacted BY he Legislature Of v He.l Vir.
ginia: =.
/. That the nature iof alcoholic drinks
and narcotics, and special instruction as to
their effects upon the human system, in
connection with the several divisions Of
the subject ot physiology and hygiene,
shall be included in the branches OF study
taught in the common orspublic schools,
and shall be taught as thoroughly and in
the same manner as other like required
branches are in said schools, by the use
Of text books in the hands OF pupils where
other branches are thus studied in said
schools and by all pupils in all said schools
throuRhout>the State. x az 81. III
"a, That 1t shall be the duty Of the
proper officers In control OF any. school do.
scribed in the foregoing section to enforce
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rhilndolphlu Iabor Nom,nntIo,nrn.,, JI,,rn !,

PHlLADsLpulA, Pa, Jan. A.-The
United Labor party in convention today
after asomewhat noisy wrangle nominated
Thomas Philiips,a a shoemaker, for Mayor,
J. George Frans, cigar maker, for Re-
ceiver Of Taxes, Charles s. Keyser, law
yer and labor agitator, City Solicitor, and
Louis A. Ross, car driver, Police Magis-
trate, 2 4. /. III y x ,s: -, -
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Drowned with Help so Sonr.

BARSEaAr, N. u, Jan. 24.-The' liie-
saving men and fishermen on the beach
discovered two yawl boats OF the shore
to-day near Seaside Park, One attempted
to land and capsized, drowning two Of the
crew, Walter Roddin and William Dallon.
The Others, were saved more dead ths,l
alive. The discovered yawls belonged to
. p'lot boat sunk OF Barnegat in q heavy
gale thia morning. .ialt'i' IA
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British Grain Trade.

LONDON, Jan. A.-The Marx Lane Err
press says: Damp weather reduced the
condition Of English grain offering,
causing general decline. Sound parcels,
however, maintain values. In London
buyers bid prices 20 shillings below local
and country values. Sales of English
wheat during the week were 40, 9,739 quar-
ters at 38s i'd against 63, 3,l9l quarters at
20s Cd during the corresponding period
last year. Trade in foreign wheat was
irregular and values against sellers. Flour,
owinf to American shipments declined
sixpence to Is. Corn was rather weaker.
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Ar great cost the IsrELlloENcER lie able
10 prcsen. with it's compliments O fac
smile Of oae ol tho moat important politi.
cal documents ever laid before the people
Of West Virginia. The publication Of this
document will make tho enemy's hair
stand on end. HNr..e rIiapa l'.
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No Wonder She's Nearly Uraxy

OIL CRY, Pa, Jan. 24.-At 4 o'clock
this afternoon four children Of Il. Z; Ross,
OF Fern City, while locked up II. the
house were burned to crisp by the house
catching, fire.. The origin ,is unknown.
lhe mother is nearly crazed with grief. {
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Personal NOTES

About Prominent Visitors at the Capital
= Legislative Gossip. s ~
Special Dipaieh 10 he Ini,l!igo9etr. 49,
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 24.-JAnes
T. McCfeery, Of Blacks!on, arrived this
evening. John Osborne aud A. 8. Johns
ton, OF Union, John A. Preston and r. F.
Dennis, Of Lswisburg, and NJ. S. Holt, ol
Weston, are among those arriving to-day.
Hon. W. P. Hubbard returned from
staunton to-day aud will 70 home in the
morning. Mrs. Alderaon joined Major
Anderson here to-day.
John Hoos Russell banker Of Hunting.
ton, is hero.
Senator Camden, Governor Wilson and
Mrs. Wilaon have been frequent visitors
in the halls OF the two houses lately.
Jim Mason and Hon. B. A. Byrne an.
pesred before tho Senate Finance Com
mittee 10 advocate the passage OF a tax
bill something like Mr.. Mason's famous
one Of last senaion. Prominent menbers
when asked as to the probable late Of the
measure, say, mo foolishness this time"
The joint special committee to inyesti:
gate the penitentiary organized by choos.
ing Senator Brown as chairman, and ad-
journed till Tuesday. So far no charges
have been filed. Business is piling up for
Tuesday-the first ballot in the two
houses for Senator, the debate in the Sen.
ate on Prohibition and the penitentlary
committee meeting.
The House bill TO levy q State school
tax Of 20 cents was rejected in accordance
with the report Of the committee; also the
bill to levy q tag Of 8 mills on the dolla,
Tor internal improvements. ,a@
]. NJ. Dulany, ofthe Baltimore stationery
firm, is here. ...af,F s T.
Will B. McMechen, Of Wheeling, is here
on philanthropic mission-to furnish
good things for tho legislators.
Editor N. N. Hoffman, Of Morgantown
is at the Hotel Ruffner.
Fl. II. Pendletou and F. p. Jepson Y ere
visitors at the State House to-day. Y
John W. Harris, Of Lswisburg, came In
last night. 1s'sIs 3 a
Judge Mclean came up from Putnam
this evening and whole platoon Of Park
ersburgers arrived on tho Kanawha (
Ohio train. which was over an hour late
Among them were ]. B. Neal, T. O. Bull
lock, 9. B. Smith, q. S. Despard, L. B
Dellicker and George W. Thompson, who
has been absent from his post Of duty fol
some time. ~ .a'.f. .15 ..lo-I,;
Mrs. Rowan and her daughter arrived
this evening and will spend the remainder
Of the eeasion with the head OF the House
Fields minstrels put everybody in q
good 'humor for tomorrow. The people
stood on each other in their anxiety te
see and hear.
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"plan OF, Campaign" Trustees,

DUBLIN, Jan. 24.-Treasurer Loughrea
of the Irish National League and five
other members Of tho organization have
been served with writs summoning them
to surrender moneys placed in their
hands as trustees under tho "plan Of cam.
paign" by tenants on the Clanrickarde
estates, County Galway. Awrit has been
served upon John Dillon to recover from
him tho amount Of his recognizance al
ready pledged in Government actions
against him for agitating In favor Of "plan
Of campaign" on the ground OF IN alleged
continuance Of the agitation. ! Dillon will
reaist the writs ana thus the whole issue
becomes one to be tried before q jury. !
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BONDS RECOVERED. =
Hooking Valley Bocurities Restored to ON.
cerx Of tint EoutuanY.

. e IT..
Hooking Valley Securities Restored to ON.
cors OF tint Company. ns.
New YoRE, Jan. 24.-The Herald to. day
says: All interested in the Columbus
Hooking Valley & Toledo Railroad will
be happy to know that the CONF pany is
$946, 900 richer than they supposed. Presi-
dent John Shaw, who went West last
Wednesday to look for S72l, 900 Of securi-
ties, missing from the company e tr easuey. !.
not only found them, but s225, 900 more,
and he induced or compelled the e1-
officer, in whose possession they were
found, to surrender them Internationally.
Not only this, but President Shaw comes
back with q we'll fixed idea that more
may be found yet, and perhaps he will
take another trip. = =:
"All care to say is this" said Mr.. Shaw
at the Windsor Hotel, last night" ! b. I'VE
recovered possession Of $94G, 900 OF the
company's bonds. They werein the poss es.
sion Of ex.Judge Stevenson Burke, who " as
in the las. Board OF Directors and Vice Pra IL
dent OF the company. I spent two dn ys
in Columbus, at the Office Of the compan y,
and then spent two at Cleveland, which
is the headquarters Of Judge Burke and
his associates. At Columbus I got all
the information l required, and at @ lev e.
land, after active negotiations, I got, the
bonds" u 4 !,
"How did Judge Burke explain hi 8 pos.
session Of them 2" Ags .... isa. : al
He said they were turned over to him
In payment for certain coal lands that
were sold by him to the Hooking Coal
Company. This company sold the, a to
the Columbus, Hooking Valley & Te ledo
Railroad Company, at the enormous price
Of s, 900, 900. I do not care to 20 into par.
ticulars, but Judge Burke was conv Inced
by me that he could not hold the I bonds
under this claim, 80 he gracefully g. lrren.
dered them.n }gf n }sss
The coal lands that were transfer rred tc
to the railroad company for So. OOO,OO(
cost the coal company less than 81 ,5O0,0O(
all told, and had there not been d settle
ment 1t is probable that criminal ! roceed
ings would have been begun aga INST thu
Directors who personally prodted by th'
tranaaction. r{ 559'ti 4,